[HTML][HTML] Attitudes of health professional educators toward the use of social media as a teaching tool: global cross-sectional study

K D'Souza, L Henningham, R Zou, J Huang… - JMIR medical …, 2017 - mededu.jmir.org
Background: The use of social media in health education has witnessed a revolution within
the past decade. Students have already adopted social media informally to share information …

[HTML][HTML] Social media in health science education: an international survey

…, S Kavikondala, A Salcedo, K D'Souza… - JMIR Medical …, 2017 - mededu.jmir.org
Background: Social media is an asset that higher education students can use for an array of
purposes. Studies have shown the merits of social media use in educational settings; …

Prediction of massive transfusion with the Revised Assessment of Bleeding and Transfusion (RABT) score at Canadian level I trauma centers

K D'Souza, M Norman, A Greene, CJF Finney… - Injury, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Early damage control resuscitation and massive transfusion (MT) protocol
activations improve outcomes in trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock, where scores to guide …

[HTML][HTML] A day in the life of emergency general surgery in Canada: a multicentre observational study

K DeGirolamo, K D'Souza, S Apte, CG Ball… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Emergency general surgery (EGS) services are gaining popularity in Canada
as systems-based approaches to surgical emergencies. Despite the high volume, acuity and …

[HTML][HTML] Process mapping as a framework for performance improvement in emergency general surgery

K DeGirolamo, K D'Souza, W Hall, E Joos… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Emergency general surgery conditions are often thought of as being too acute
for the development of standardized approaches to quality improvement. However, process …

[HTML][HTML] Management of blunt cerebrovascular injuries at a Canadian level 1 trauma centre: Are we meeting the grade?

K D'Souza, BW Birnie, YM Ko, DC Evans… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Untreated blunt cerebrovascular injuries (BCVIs) are associated with high
rates of death and disability due to stroke. We assessed alignment of clinical practice at our …

[HTML][HTML] Social vulnerability index and firearms: how neighborhood health disparities affect trauma outcomes

…, A Thomas, M Hey, K D'Souza… - Surgery in Practice and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Firearm injuries’ association with individual-level socioeconomic risk is well
described. Trauma research has suggested that neighborhood level risk factors may be …

Efficacy of Antithrombotic Therapy and Risk of Hemorrhagic Complication in Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury Patients with Concomitant Injury: A Systematic Review

K D'Souza, M Norman, AD Rebchuk… - Journal of the …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: The risk-benefit balance of antithrombotic therapy administration for blunt
cerebrovascular injuries (BCVI) patients with concomitant injuries at high risk for bleeding is …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of sequential implementation of multimodal perioperative care pathways on colorectal surgical outcomes

K D'Souza, JI Choi, J Wootton… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Standardized care protocols offer the potential to reduce postoperative complication
rates. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was an additive benefit …

Social and structural barriers to primary care access among women living with HIV in Metro Vancouver, Canada: a longitudinal cohort study

…, J Chettiar, M Braschel, K D'Souza… - Journal of the …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
This study examines correlates of being unable to access primary care in the past 6 months
among cisgender (cis) and trans women living with HIV (WLWH). Data were drawn from a …